During a training operation it is understood that the control column became jammed resulting in the aircraft crashing at Hendon in Suffolk at 21:27 hrs. Two of the crew killed.

(1) Almost the same crew were flying a Stirling III EF179 WP-V on a gardening operation off the Frisian Islands the previous month. During the return they flew too close to a convoy and were hit by flak, damaged with ditching at 03:15 hrs 10 miles east of Cromer, Norfolk. All but one of the crew were picked up by a destroyer. The body of Sgt. Thomas Richard Miller 1086156 RAFVR was never recovered.

Researched for the Wimbledon College Roll Of Honour. Pilot, W/O. Glyn Anthony Timlin being a former pupil.